David Volk, Ph.D.
Professor of Music, Music Theory and Composition

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An active composer, David has written works for solo voice and choral ensembles as well as solo and ensemble instrumental works. His doctoral dissertation, a one-act chamber opera based on Flannery O’Connor’s short story A Good Man is Hard to Find, premiered in Athens, GA, in 2003 with a grant from the University of Georgia’s Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE). The opera has also been performed in Demorest, Georgia, and Wise, Virginia, and was a featured presentation of the Flannery O’Connor Library at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville in 2003.
Dr. Volk recently premiered his two-act opera, Strange Fruit, based on the 1944 best-selling novel by Lillian Smith, at CSU-Pueblo's Hoag Recital Hall. The performance brought together CSU-Pueblo students, faculty, and members of the Pueblo community.